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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for bail-jumping

WGN TV | Chicago

May 1, 2019

LONDON- A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian embassy. Jud…

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